Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09
WASHINGTON.
Newsy Items Gathered in the
City Of Magnificent Dis
tances.
The SatchelI's Contents.

| 1nefG were one nunQfeQ ana twenty
seven patriotic colored men willing and
anxious to risk death serving their
country in ''Africa's torrid clime," as
Minister to Liberia at So, 900 per annu n.
G. H. j. Taylor was the man selected as
the victim. Two Kansas Millionaires
went his bond for 100000 No provision
has, as yet, been made about his funeral
expenses.
The Original Nashville Students, a
colored troupe ofmuch merit, sang here
Sunday and Monday nights to good
houses, mostly white. Monday after
noon they called on the President at the
White House. He received them very
kindly and said he regretted that the
! pressure of official business deprived
him of the pleasure of hearing them
sing in the executive mansion. One OF
the ladies of the troupe, Miss Hawkins,
one of the bellies of Chicago, was con-
siderably annoyed by the persistent at
tention of white masher in railroad
car full of people. Unabashed by the
evident signs of her annoyance, he
leaned over and renewed the MASKING
process, when she also leaned over and
boxed his jaws. The people roared and
the masher sad and respondent sucked
his paw and unused on the progress Of
the race.
Col. George w. Williams, the colored
historian, has been selected as the orator
of the day on the occasion of the cele-
bration of the Emancipation of Slaves
in he District. Mr.. Williams has been
quite busy during the past winter with
his new book, History of the Negro
Soldiers during the Rebellion" he also
prepared the bill presented by Senator
Hoar for the erection of monument to
colored soldiers and sailors, besides a
half dozen orations on different subjects.
Many, prominent men in the District
think another National Convention
should be held shortly and have Indian
apolss as the place.
Virginia has nine colored men in her
legislature, one of them now very
wealthy, was once sold to buy the very
grounds he now owns. When he ran
for the legislature his former owner, a
hard shell Democrat, said he was going
to vote for him because che knew he
was honest and believed he would do
what was right"
J. Milton Turner, the ex-Minister to
Liberia, broke $500 worth of champaign
on the evening of his departed from
New York city for his post. 81.
Hon. Frederick Douglass is in Egypt
studying the natives and their history.
His name has been cut on the very
summit of the great Cheops Pyramid, to
tie top of which, although dangerous
and difficult of ascent even to young
men, he at the age of70 assembled safely.
Prof. Cyrus T. Adams, the noted lin
quist, received large number of letters
of sympathy, from all parts of the
country during his recent sickness. He
HNACS q OOC1dl llOI uclE. i.
Howard University has two native
Africans from Liberia, one the nephew
of the ex-president Johnson, and the
other bright and pretty molotto girl,
daughter oflate president Payne. There
are also attending, Japanese, Turk,
several West Indians, quite number of
Germans, a Swiss, and white and black
Americans both male and female. A
young white woman from Tennessee
was valedictorian of her class in phar-
macy, composed of white and colored
students.
Several prominent young white women
in the highest society of the capitol, are
very much smitten with a handsome
young Chinese attach of the Chinese
legation. When the Chinese Minister
gave ball this winter and invited 500
guests, mob Of 1900 of the best society
people came surging into his legation
without notice or invitation. Now, by
all the Gods at once, what is there in !,
Mongolian more than in an African to
cause the one to be lionized and the
other to be discarded? It's condition,
not color that regulates our social and
civil position and treatment.
| Recorder Trotter who has been dan
gerouslv i'll, is now pronounced out OF
danger by the eminent colored physician
DR.. Cook who has attended him through.
out.
The Young colored man, student in
Howard University law school, who
knocked the Waterman out in the presi-
dents room at the Capitol, was guide
at the Paris Exposition. He secured
his appointment through Secretary
of State Eyarts who has been his con-
slant friend and benefactor. During
his stay in Paris he became quite a
| favorite with the Parisians and they de-
lighted to have him tell of his struggles
and misfortunes. On one occasion when
he had several prominent Americans
under his charge showing them the
beauties of LA belle Paris CHANGING to
stop at Cafe for dinner at the request
of some of his Partisan friends he mar
rated several incidents of his life in the
South. Some of the Americans whom
he was guiding seemed to grow figedy
and restless, some listened with interest
a few gave evident signs of disapproval,
but nothing was said until he recounted
his adventures with an Alabama mob,
IthoW, when a mere boy, he had been al